Sabine Karin Doris Hossenfelder (born 18 September 1976) is a German theoretical physicist, author, science communicator, and

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. She is the author of '' Existential Physics: A Scientist’s Guide to Life’s Biggest Questions''.

Early life and education

Sabine Hossenfelder was born in Frankfurt, West Germany, on 18 September 1976."Die Grundlagenphysik hat sich vergaloppiert, sagt die Physikerin Sabine Hossenfelder im Interview" – Kultur
/ref> She received an undergraduate degree in mathematics in 1997 from the Goethe University Frankfurt. In 2004, she completed a doctorate in theoretical physics from the same institution, with her thesis titled "Schwarze Löcher in Extra-Dimensionen: Eigenschaften und Nachweis" ().

Employment

Hossenfelder remained in Germany until 2004 on a postdoctoral research position from the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt. She was subsequently employed as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Arizona, Tucson,

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, and later at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Canada. In 2009, she became an assistant professor at the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics in Sweden. Between 2015 and 2023, she was employed at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, followed by a post at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich's Center for Mathematical Philosophy.

Public engagement and scientific outreach

Hossenfelder is a

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writer who has written books, and written a blog since 2006. The blog is called ''Backreaction'' and it is run by both Hossenfelder and her husband Stefan Scherer who is also a physicist. Her 2018 book, ''Lost in Math'', was also published in German with the title ''Das hässliche Universum'' (The Ugly Universe). Hossenfelder posits that the universe (and its particle model) is messy, and that it cannot be described by a mathematically beautiful Grand Unified Theory. Hossenfelder runs an eponymous YouTube channel subtitled "Science with Sabine". In August 2022, Hossenfelder released a book titled ''Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions'', published by Viking Press. In January 2023, Hossenfelder started her association with Big Think YouTube channel. Her first video published on the channel was a lecture named "Do humans have souls?".

Personal life

Hossenfelder married physicist in 2006. They have twin daughters, born in December 2010.

Selected publications

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